The Australian Space Sciences Conference is having their annual meeting at the University of New South Wales this year from 30 September to 2 October 2013.
On Wednesday, 2 October, the ASSC will feature a plenary talk and a dedicated session to Indigenous Sky Knowledge. The papers presented at the meeting will be combined and published as a free eBook early next year.
Talks include:
Plenary Talk (9:00-9:30 am)
John Goldsmith: The "Ilgarijiri- Things Belonging to the Sky" project: Collaboration between
Aboriginal communities and radio astronomy in Australia.
ISK Session (10:30-11:00 am)
Les Bursill: Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome
Hugh Cairns: An Ancient Aboriginal Astronomy from the Northern Territory
Trevor Leaman: Ooldea Nights: Daisy Bates and the Aboriginal Sky Knowledge of the Great
Victoria Desert, South Australia
Robert Fuller: The Sky Knowledge of the Kamilaroi People and Their Neighbours
David Pross: Sky Knowledge and Rock Art in the Sydney Basin
Duane Hamacher: Are Supernovae Recorded in the Astronomical Traditions of Aboriginal
Australians?
Geoff Wyatt: Star wheel and signals: Sydney Observatory's Shared Sky
education program
Alice Gorman: Beyond the Morning Star: the Voyager spacecraft and Australian Aboriginal
culture
Ragbir Bhathal: Perspectives on Aboriginal Sky Knowledge
A full program can be viewed here.
On Wednesday, 2 October, the ASSC will feature a plenary talk and a dedicated session to Indigenous Sky Knowledge. The papers presented at the meeting will be combined and published as a free eBook early next year.
Talks include:
Plenary Talk (9:00-9:30 am)
John Goldsmith: The "Ilgarijiri- Things Belonging to the Sky" project: Collaboration between
Aboriginal communities and radio astronomy in Australia.
ISK Session (10:30-11:00 am)
Les Bursill: Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome
Hugh Cairns: An Ancient Aboriginal Astronomy from the Northern Territory
Trevor Leaman: Ooldea Nights: Daisy Bates and the Aboriginal Sky Knowledge of the Great
Victoria Desert, South Australia
Robert Fuller: The Sky Knowledge of the Kamilaroi People and Their Neighbours
David Pross: Sky Knowledge and Rock Art in the Sydney Basin
Duane Hamacher: Are Supernovae Recorded in the Astronomical Traditions of Aboriginal
Australians?
Geoff Wyatt: Star wheel and signals: Sydney Observatory's Shared Sky
education program
Alice Gorman: Beyond the Morning Star: the Voyager spacecraft and Australian Aboriginal
culture
Ragbir Bhathal: Perspectives on Aboriginal Sky Knowledge
A full program can be viewed here.